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Animal Magnetism
An all media national juried exhibition

September 4 to 27, 2008
Reception September 6th , 6 PM to 10 PM

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over 1,000 attended

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Juror:
Mat Gleason, editor and publisher of
Coagula Art Magazine

Recently praised by the British critic Julian Stallabrass in his book, Art Incorporated, The Story of Contemporary Art, Mat Gleason has a keen eye for quality and authenticity, ferocious wit and an intimate knowledge of the jungle.

Katherine Patterson: Catsnake, graphite

Selected Artists:

Animals, real and imaginary. We fear them, pamper them, tame them, trap them, eat them, lobby on their behalf, experiment on them, strut them as status symbols, and exterminate them. How do contemporary artists represent them?

From the caves of Lascaux, to the halls of the Louvre, there is no escaping them. With their long pedigree in the history of art, they prowl the great museums of the world. And today, animals leap from the work of contemporary artists, symbolically expressing their ideas and emotions. OCCCA's terrific exhibition space will showcase a menagerie of superb examples of this trend, from the traditional to the avant-garde, from the realistic to the fantastic, in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and new media

A catalog of accepted works is available now!

First Friday Films: September 5: 8pm
Winged Migration (2001)
Director: Jacques Perrin

EMC Concert no.26: September 13: 8pm
Happy Dwarf
Deal by Dusk
B-side Effect